Folding end section for beds.



W. P. SENG; FOLDING END SECTION FOR BEDS.

I APPLICATION FILED DEQ- 61.1913;

Patented Jan. 26, 1915.

remit oration,

WEHBELIN I. SENG, GTE CHIGAGU, ILiLINOIS, ASSIGNGR. TO THE SEITGGQLVLPANY,@F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORIPOEtATIOM 01E ILLINOIS.

FOI DING END @GTION FOE BEDS.

messes specification Letters Patent. r g-g r s on 9,

Application filed December 8, 1913. Serial No. 805,272.

Section for Beds, of which the following is a full and completespecification.

The primary object of my invention is to provide an improved foldingend-section or head-rest especially adapted for application to metalcots or to folding bed-frames such as is used in connection with theconventional type of sofa-bed or davenport in which the bed sections arefoldable upon each other so as to be confined in a box or receptacletherefor beneath the seat of the sofa or davenport; whereby in thepresent instance the end-section or head-rest may be folded down uponthe mattress so as not to interfere with the folding of the bed sectionsand their confinement within the box, and also serve to assist inholding the mat tress firmly against the metal bed-frame sections duringthe operation of folding and unfolding the bed.

lily invention consists in providing a light,

and durable folding end-section or headrest comprising a frame hingedlyconnected at its ends to the metal bed-frame section so as to swing orfold thereon, in connection with a spring for maintaining saidendseetion or head-rest in either its folded or extended position.

My invention further consists in the par- "icuiar construction of theframe constituting the folding end-section or head-rest, all ashereinafter fully described and specifically set forth in the appendedclaims.

in the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is an end view showing theapplication of my invention to a metal bed-frame section, theend-section or head-rest being in extended position. Fig. 2 is asectional view throughthe center of the parts shown in lrig. l theend'section 0r head-rest being shown in folded position. I

My invention may be applied to thebcdframe section 'or sections of anytype of folding-bed, cot, couch, &c., although in the present instanceit is shown as applied to a metal bed-frame section of a folding-bed inwhich the end pieces are each made of an angle-bar, 5, connected by atubular bar or rail 6, the fabric or spring liedbottom A, beingconnected to said end pieces in the usual manner.

In cam'ying; out my invention the end piecebr angle-bar 5 is providednear its ends withshort uprights or standards 7, 7, rigidlyjsecuredthereto in any suitable mannor, in the present instance by a singlerivet 8, inasmuch as the squa red lowerend oi the standard is seated onthe bottom flange of theangle bar and the attaching-rivet passesthroufgh thevertical member thereof. Each upriglitX orstandard 7 ispreferably in the form of an angle-plate, one member, as 7, of whichrests against the vertical member of the end-piece or angle-bar of thebedframe, and the other member, as 7, pro jects inwardly at aright-angle therefrom, for the particular purpose hereinafter explained-The end-section or head-rest, 9, is hinged or pivoted at its ends to theinwardly-projecting member 7 of the angle-plates or standards below theupper ends thereof and a slight distance in advance of the member 7,whereby when said end-section is raised the outward movementthereoi'wiil be-limited to a position slightly beyond the vertical, asindicated in dotted lines in Fig.2. The end-section is formed of wi re,of proper gage, and consists of a loop or inverted U-shape frame 9having terminal eyes 9*, 9

and an inner frame or brace 10 also formed of wire and of a suitabledesign, connected to said U'shape frame. The wire forming the brace 10is in the present instance bent upon itself to form a center t -shapeexterc sion or loop 10, and end members 10 projecting at an acute anglefrom the sides of the said V-shape extension or loop, the terminals 10of the end members being bent abruptly and laterally to pass through andbeyond the eyes 9* of the U-shape frame and through correspondingopenings formed in the members 7* of the standards 7, Where by to nbtonly connect these parts but also provide pivots or gudgeons by whichthe end-section or head-rest is pivoted or hinged to the uprights. Theframe 9 and brace 10 are further connected together, at intermediatepoints, by clips 11, which embrace the wire of the frame and wire of thebrace, engaging the latter at the bends between the V-shape center anderul-n'1cn1bers, the Wire of the frame at these points being depressed,as shown at 9, to receive the clips, so that in conjunction with theadjoining bends of the wire brace the parts of the end-section orhead-rest are thereby rigidly connected. In this manner, as Will beobserved, the endsection or head-rest is hinged or pivoted to thestandards (preferably being sprung into position) so that it may folddown upon the bed-frame section or mattress thereon, and when swungupwardly it will rest against the upper ends of said standards at aslight rearward inclination. It will be also observed that theend-section or head-rest is of light, strong, and durable construction,and by connecting the two parts thereof in the particular manner hereinshown and described the ends of the Wire-brace form the means of pivotalconnection to the short uprights or standard on the metal bed-framesection; such means in the present instance providing for readily andconveniently applying the end-section or head-rest, inasmuch as the endsof the wire-brace are movable in the eyes of the frame but are heldnormally projected by the spring tendency of the Wire of which the endmembers of said brace are formed. To maintain this end-section orhead-rest in either its folded or extended. position a helical spring 12is connected at one end to the V-shape center of the brace and at itsother end to the up per part of the anglebaror end piece of thebed-frame section on a line beyond the standards, so that the tension ofthe spring will exert a holding strain when said end section or headrestis swung past the vertical in either direction.

The device may be applied to any form of bed, cot, couch, &c., but asheretofore stated is especially adapted for application to that type offolding metal bed-frame sec-- tions employed in connection with sofabedsor bed-davenports, to provide folding ends therefor.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim.

I; In combination, with a bed-frame, having' transversely oppositebearings, an. end section. or headrest oon'iprising a substam tiallyU-shaped outer frame having eyes at its ends, an angular wire braceincloscd by and connected intermeijliate its ends to the U I shapedframe and. having eudmcmbers with short lateral terminals ring throughgreases and beyond the aforesaid eyes of the same and into the oppositebearings of the bedframe, and a spring connected to the said wire braceand the bed-frame, whereby to exert tension on the brace when thrown toeither side of its perpendicular, said spring beinginclosed. by theU-shaped frame.

E2. in combination, with a bed-frame, having transversely omiositehearings, an endsection or head-rest comprising a substantially Ushapedouter frame having eyes at its ends, and an inner angular wire braceconnected intermediate its ends to the frame and having end-members withshort lateral terminals passing through and beyond the aforesaid eyesand into the opposite bearings of the bed-frame.

3. In combination, with a. bed-frame, having transversely oppositebearing-openings, an end-section or head-rest, comprising an outer wireframe of substantially U-shape having terminal eyes corresponding to theaforesaid bearing-openings, and an inner wire brace having a centralportion of substantially V-shape and at each side of the same inclinedterminals laterally bent to form bearings, said bearings passing throughthe eyes of the outer frame and through and beyond the same into thebear- 1ng-openings of the bed-frame, and clips connecting the outerframe and the brace at each side of the central V-shaped portion of thelatter.

4. In combination, with a bed-frame, angular endstandwrds risingtherefrom and provided with bearing-opcnings, an endsection or head-restcomprising an outer wire "frame of substantially U-shape having terminaleyes corresponding to the aforesaid bcaring-openings in the standards,an inner wire brace having a central portion oi. substantially Vshapeand at each side of the same inclined terminals laterally bent to formbearings, said bearings passing through the eyes of the outer frame andbeyond the same into the bearing-openings of the standards, clipsconnecting the outer frame and the brace at each side of the centralV-shaped portion of the latter, and a coiled spring connected to theV-shaped portion of the brace and to the bed'frame,

whereby to exert tension on the end-section or head-rest when at eitherside of the pcrpendicular.

5. In combination with a bod-fran1c having]; transversely oppositebearings, an cndsection or lucid-rest comprising: a substantially U-Slmwd outer frame having eyes at its ends, and an lnciosod wirerlu'acedoubled upon itself to form a central extension and having its terminalslaterally disposed to orm bearings and passed ilurough and berend theeyes of the .U haped frame and into the hearings of t c bed-frame,connecin msfimony whereof K have signed wire-brace. m, each sidecfi saidcenfiaml ax tension of the latter, and an spring mnmctedi twosubscribing witnesses. W is said cenfiml extension of the Wire-braceWENDELIN 5 and to the bed-frame, whereby said head Wisfinesses:

rest may be yieldingly held. at each side I FRANK J. SENG, 05 itsvertical position. JOHN M. Bnos'r.

